ReRushed Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Man, he was in so many good movies. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080211/ap_en_...0Cdx5_ZOoys0NUE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limlight81 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Yes I heard about it. Damn he was awesome in JAWS (I THINK WE NEED A BIGGER BAOT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Sad news Roy kicked ass in the 70's.... R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limlight81 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie "Jaws," has died. He was 75. Scheider died Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. The hospital did not release his cause of death. However, hospital spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years. Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss starred in the 1975 movie, "Jaws," which was widely hailed as the film that launched the era of the Hollywood blockbuster. It was the first film to earn $100 million at the box office. In 2005, one of Scheider's most famous lines in the movie - "You're gonna need a bigger boat" - was voted No. 35 on the American Film Institute's list of best quotes from U.S. movies. That year, some 30 years after "Jaws" premiered, hundreds of movie buffs flocked to Martha's Vineyard, off the southeastern coast of Massachusetts, to celebrate the great white shark that terrified millions of moviegoers. The island's JawsFest '05 also brought back some of the cast and crew, including screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and Peter Benchley, who wrote the novel that inspired Steven Spielberg's enduring classic. Spielberg, Scheider, who played a police chief, and Dreyfuss, who played an oceanographer, were absent from Jawsfest '05. Co-star Robert Shaw, who played Quint, died in 1978. Scheider also participated in rallies protesting U.S. military action in Iraq, including a massive New York demonstration in March 2003 that police said drew 125,000 chanting activists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 One of my fave Roy movies was the underrated "Blue Thunder." RIP, Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 probably fishing for Great Whites with Robert Shaw "Farewell and Adieu, dear ladies of Spain" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Sawyer Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Oh man, what a shame. He was awesome. RIP Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 That damn shark couldn't get him, but Myeloma finally did. RIP Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 "Showtime!" We'll miss you, Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Damn I really liked Roy's acting, especially in Jaws, The French Connection, Marathon Man, Klute, The Last Embrace, Night Game and All that Jazz...to name a few... I think we need a pictorial tribute here... http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/060727/152447__french_l.jpg http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes5/Klute17.jpeg http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/jaws/jaws_shot6l.jpg http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/188236.1020.A.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dethroned emperor Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mojo Risin' Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 We're gonna need a bigger coffin. <_< Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 QUOTE (treeduck @ Feb 11 2008, 02:13 AM) Damn I really liked Roy's acting, especially in Jaws, The French Connection, Marathon Man, Klute, The Last Embrace, Night Game and All that Jazz...to name a few... I think we need a pictorial tribute here... http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/060727/152447__french_l.jpg http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes5/Klute17.jpeg http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/jaws/jaws_shot6l.jpg http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/188236.1020.A.jpg All That Jazz and French Connection two of my favorites, and of course Jaws. Bummer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 RIP Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condemned2bfree Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Sad news. Great actor .....good guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Somehow, still, to this day, I've never seen a Jaws movie including the first one. I dunno why, it's just never happened. Anyway, still, Roy Scheider RIP - he was a great actor. I especially loved him in All That Jazz and 2010... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundog Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimagraven Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Blowing up Jaws ftw. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 R.I.P. Mr. Scheider He was in some real classic films...I'll always remember him as Sheriff Brody and Det. Buddy Russo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaotica Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 He was awesome!!! R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Rest in peace Roy - I really loved you in Naked Lunch, Tiger Town, 52 Pickup, The Marathon Man and Videodrome - not to mention Jaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Feb 11 2008, 08:59 AM) Rest in peace Roy - I really loved you in Naked Lunch, Tiger Town, 52 Pickup, The Marathon Man and Videodrome - not to mention Jaws. It's been awhile since I've seen Naked Lunch. Who was he in that movie? Edited February 11, 2008 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingcinderellaman Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 I liked him. remember that T.V. series about the submarine that he was in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Feb 11 2008, 11:03 AM) QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Feb 11 2008, 08:59 AM) Rest in peace Roy - I really loved you in Naked Lunch, Tiger Town, 52 Pickup, The Marathon Man and Videodrome - not to mention Jaws. It's been awhile since I've seen Naked Lunch. Who was he in that movie? Doctor Benway BTW Goob you are the ONLY person from my generation thast I know that never seen Jaws Do yourself a favor and rent it...Still holds up after all these years as a classic thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Feb 11 2008, 09:07 AM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Feb 11 2008, 11:03 AM) QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Feb 11 2008, 08:59 AM) Rest in peace Roy - I really loved you in Naked Lunch, Tiger Town, 52 Pickup, The Marathon Man and Videodrome - not to mention Jaws. It's been awhile since I've seen Naked Lunch. Who was he in that movie? Doctor Benway BTW Goob you are the ONLY person from my generation thast I know that never seen Jaws Do yourself a favor and rent it...Still holds up after all these years as a classic thriller Yeah, Jaws always has just passed me by for some reason. Somehow I never could seem to get it up to go out of my way to see a movie about a shark, but I suppose I really should see it one of these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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